IRO Doctoral Scholarship

KU Leuven offers each academic year scholarships to deserving
students from developing countries to do their PhD in the largest
university of Flanders, Belgium. The programme is organized and managed
by the Interfaculty Council for Development Cooperation.

The IRO Doctoral Scholarship Programme has supported more than a
hundred PhD graduates over the past ten years. After obtaining their
doctorates at KU Leuven, these PhD holders are now valorizing their
degrees in their home countries either in university academic research
or in various sectors of industry.

Eligibility

The applicant must be a citizen of one of the countries on
the OECD DAC table that are listed under the following categories:
Least Developed Countries, Low Income Countries or Low Middle Income
Countries.
The applicant must not possess dual citizenship, where the second citizenship is from an EU country.

The time period between the date of completion of your MA
degree and the date of submission of your scholarship application can be
no more than ten years.